Top Ten Famous Snacks in Fuzhou

1. Xianshi

Xianshi, also known as Xianmishi, is known as "Shi Lai Lun" and is a traditional snack in Pingtan First, for the children of Landao, this is a food with a rich local flavor that is loved by both young and old. This snack is eaten during at least five solar terms in a year. It can be called a popular folk delicacy and a famous snack in Fuzhou.

2. Meat Yan

Meat Yan, also known as Taiping Yan, is a famous specialty snack in Fuzhou, Fujian. Fuzhou people celebrate the holidays, weddings and funerals, and gatherings of relatives and friends. You must eat "Taiping Yan", which means "taiping" and "peace" auspiciousness, so "there is no feast without swallows, and there is no adulthood without swallows".

3. Tai Chi taro paste

Tai Chi taro paste is a special traditional snack in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. It belongs to Fuzhou cuisine. It is made from betel nut taro, which is abundant in Fujian, and steamed with sugar and lard. Become. This dish is simple and elegant in appearance, the taro paste is delicate and smooth, sweet and delicious. It looks like a cold dish, but tastes hot when eaten, and has a unique flavor. Taro has always been a delicacy on the plate and is one of the traditional sweets of Fujian cuisine. During auspicious occasions in Fuzhou, this sweet is often served at banquets.

4. Fuzhou fish balls

Fuzhou fish balls are one of the snacks with rich local characteristics in Fuzhou, Fujian. They use minced shark, eel or freshwater fish and add potato starch to make the outer shell. It is stuffed with lean pork or shrimp and shaped into balls. The skin is thin and even, the color is white and bright, the food is smooth and crisp, and the soup is meaty and not greasy.

5. Fuzhou noodles

Fuzhou noodles are a traditional snack in Fuzhou City. They belong to the Fujian cuisine and originated in the Tang Dynasty. They are also called "soup cake noodles" and "Huai cooking noodles". ", it is famous for being "as thin as hair, soft and tough, and not mushy when put into soup". Fuzhou noodles are made from refined flour, supplemented by refined salt, ground beef, cooking oil, etc., which are hand-drawn and dried before being made.

6. Dingbian paste

Guobian paste, also called Dingbian paste, is a famous breakfast snack in Fuzhou and a famous Fuzhou specialty snack. The method is to put a clear soup made of clams, mushrooms, dried shrimps, onions, day lilies and other ingredients in an iron pot, then burn it over a fire. After the upper part of the iron pot is heated, apply peanut oil on it, and then add the thick rice prepared in advance. Pour the slurry evenly around the inner edge, dry it, shovel it into the soup, cook it for a while, and it will be soft and fragrant.

7. Fuzhou Meat Floss

Fuzhou Meat Floss is a traditional famous food in Fuzhou. It was created by Lin Dingding in the sixth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1856). It is made of lean pork, red glutinous rice, white sugar, The filament-shaped food made from soy sauce and cooked oil is sweet and crispy, but not greasy. The Fuzhou meat floss melts on its own in the mouth. It is delicious and loved by young and old. It is one of Fuzhou's famous special foods.

8. Guang Cake

Guang Cake is a traditional snack in Fuzhou. According to legend, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Fuzhou people spontaneously made flour cakes into round cakes and baked them in stoves to reward Qi Jiguang’s army. Cooked and covered with sesame seeds, the small ones are made into salty ones, called "Qi Jiguang Army Cake", or "Guang Cake" for short, and the large ones are made into sweet ones, called "Eastern Expedition to Kill Japanese Pirates Cake", or "Zhengdong Cake" for short. .

9. Qianye Cake

Qianye Cake is a local specialty noodle in Fuzhou City. It is like a thousand-layered mountain. It is fragrant, soft and glutinous and melts in the mouth. It is often chosen for banquets. dessert. In particular, Fuzhou's Weihe "Thousand Pages Cake" is oily, non-sticky, and tastes sweet. It has been famous for decades and has always been loved by the masses. Antailou's Qianye Cake was selected as one of the "Top Ten Famous Snacks in Fuzhou" by the Fuzhou Catering Association.

10. Cabbage cake

Cabbage cake is a traditional noodle dish with special characteristics in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. It uses cabbage (white radish) produced in this place as the filling. It is sweet and refreshing, with a unique flavor. , is a commonly used pastry for festive banquets. The round shape is slightly flat, with a complete slight concave in the middle, and clear thread levels. The puff pastry is even, the skin filling is evenly distributed, and there are no impurities.